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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Miriam speak of which shocked Louise?

2. What fascinates the Magistrate about Lucy?

3. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?

4. Who is shot and dies in Chapter 30?

5. What ration of food does each person receive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy begin to do to cheer herself up?

2. What three characters in the novel die in Chapter 18?

3. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

4. At the end of Chapter 29 what does the Collector read about in the phrenology book and what does he eat on the way downstairs?

5. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

6. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

7. Two babies are born in early August; which one survives and what is she named?

8. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

9. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

10. What does Fleury hear in the morning which he finds beautiful? What is Ram's comment on this and Fleury's thought about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the Maharajah and his palace.

2) Describe Hari, the Maharajah's son, his show of being like the British. Tell what he does to Fleury.

3) Describe the dispute the Magistrate and the local farmers have over how to deal with the river's flooding. What does each propose is the

best solution?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the relationship of the Collector with his daughters. What is your opinion of him as a father?

2) Describe the situation of the ladies in the billiard room. How do they interact? How does the Collector view them when he visits the billiard room?

3) Describe Fleury's character. Do you find his poetic musings and views on religion sympathetic? Is he perhaps the most sensitive of the men considering his sympathy and interest in the Indians.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe Fleury's invention. What is it called? Is it successful?

2) Whom do Fleury and Harry go back to try to save? Are they successful? What about a locket?

3) Describe Fleury's birthday celebration. What does Louise make as a present for him?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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